Barbarian hero evolution

[UndeadHalfOrc]

I'd like to start by pointing out to people who don't already know, that for Heroes 3, in-battle hero appearances are not determined by class, but by gender. A male cleric or knight will always appear as a male knight, and a female cleric or knight will always appear as a female cleric. Same with female barbarian and male battle mage. In the adventure screen, look at your barbarian carefully and you'll notice that it's the same as the in-battle female barbarian .

BUT, since so many important campaign heroes are male barbarians, (who use the battle mage sprite) and battle mage won't appear anywhere else (there won't be a battle mage evolution), and battle mages are described by game makers as barbarians who have started to learn using magic, I decided to include him here.

H1 Barbarian. No movement penalty on rough terrain. (Expert Pathfinding)


H2 Barbarian. Starts with Advanced Pathfinding.


H3 Barbarian (there is only a female sprite and it is used for female battle mages as well)


H3 Battle Mage (there is only a male sprite, and is used for male barbarians as well)



H4 Barbarian (male)


H4 Barbarian (female)


H5 Barbarian


As for my vote, mmmm... gotta love those bikinis... hesitating between H3 female and H4 female

[PhoenixReborn]

Voted h2 barbarian. I like the horse.

[Corlagon]

How about including the Captains from Heroes II? They're technically heroes and the Barbarian variant looks pretty similar to these guys.

[darknessfood]

Going for the H5 Barbarian. Looks awesome, and he's a great unit booster!!!

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Uhh, this was a tough one...but for apperances only I went with H3 Barbarian. She looks great I must say I would've gone with H5 cause it's really got the whole package but H3 seems more fun, less serious.

[Akul]

H3 Battlemage. Looks the coolest, IMO.

[TheUndeadKing]

H4 Male Barbarian.

Love the shiny double-headed axe!

[Tress]

voted h3 male.
I realy wonder how h5 male barb got so high. I think its one of worst models ingame. Well model itself isnt that bad but his animation is awful. Its nowhere as smooth as vampire (altough i dislike 19century dracula style in fantasy game). Position they have legs for barb they look like in combat pose but when they move it stays that way and you could think he still have saddle on him.

[Darmani]

Voted H2 Barbarian, no contest.

He's the only one I could see shouting "Kill them all! Rawrrrrrr!"

Nival should have just taken the DMoMM Orc model (or Aratrok) and placed it on a horse (or some other creature). It would have looked so much better. And it would have been cheaper too.

[Sir William S Titan]

H4 Fem.

I like the H2 through H4 ones, but I like her best.

[HodgePodge]

Voted: H2 Barbarian

Just the coolest! And besides I always got such a kick outta hiring this guy … … although I think he was in H1 too.
In any case, he sure could use a toothbrush.

[Muszka]

In any case, he sure could use a toothbrush.

Maybe a wire-brush would have better effect.

[Yurian Stonebow]

I voted for Heroes III Battle Mage. In my opinion, this Hero model is a nice union of realism and fantasy. When you got two for the price of one, you always know that now that's a real bargain.





Yurian

[Alamar]

I almost always like mounted generals so that rules out H4. The H1 & H3 mounts don't look like the horse would be native to harsh environments per-se. The H5 barb doesn't fit the mold of what I was looking for.

Really that only leaves the H2 barb so that's where my vote goes.

[Ohma]

Yeah, I'd have to go with the H2 general too. The rest just look...off...and I still don't care much for the H5 "each faction is a different race" thing that's really obvious in the design for the barb model there.

[ThunderTitan]

You're obviously not racist enough... everyone knows that having different races hanging out instead of trying to off each other is ludicrous.

[Dracomancer]

I'm be gonna be a wee bit sexist and go with the H3 Battle Mage here. That bikini thing doesn't make sense, but it's cool, and that helmet is just smashing.

[gravyluvr]

HOMM4 Barbie Doll!

[asandir]

always liked the H4 barb's axe!

[Orfinn]

Love the H4 models, brutish and good looki'n And my favorite amongst them barb heroes gotta be:

Jadne, shes just sooo hot and cute



Wolfric, hes cool, like with Jadne their bios are quite interesting.



Going for the H4 female barbie